healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
Entry preview:
Gif hé næbbe ǽhta ðonne healde hine man tó dóme if he have no property, then let him be held to judgment, L. Ed. 6; Th. i. 162, 21: L. C. S. 43; Th. i. 402, 1.
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
Entry preview:
Homl. 147, 30. new, recent, not of long standing, not long made Nán man ne sent níwe wín on ealde bytta; elles ðæt níwe wín brycþ ða bytta . . . Ac níwe wín is tó sendenne on níwe bytta ...
Linked entry: níwung
wóh
not straight ⬩ bent ⬩ crooked ⬩ twisted ⬩ oblique ⬩ not right ⬩ perverse ⬩ froward ⬩ wrong ⬩ unfair
Entry preview:
Gif man áfinde ðæt heora ǽnig on wóhre (wóre, v. l. ) gewitnesse wǽre, L. Ath. i. 10; Th. i. 204, 22. Gescynded on heora wón willan abominabiles in voluntatibus suis, Ps. Th. 13, I. Mid wó múðe ore perverso, Past. 47; Swt. 357, 20.
ge-rǽcan
Entry preview:
On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde -gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22.
CWÉN
a woman ⬩ femina ⬩ a wife ⬩ uxor ⬩ a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress ⬩ regina, imperatrix, augusta
Entry preview:
Gif man mid esnes cwýnan geligeþ, be cwicum ceorle, ii gebéte if a man lie with an 'esne's' wife, her husband, still living, let him make twofold amends, L.
DÉMA
a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire ⬩ censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter ⬩ the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal
Entry preview:
Th. 64, 9. the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings.
HÝD
HIDE ⬩ skin
Entry preview:
Gif mon óðrum rib forsleá binnan gehálre hýde geselle x scill. tó bóte gif sió hýd síe tóbrocen ... if a man fracture another's rib without breaking the skin let him pay ten shillings in compensation; if the skin be broken ..., L.
Linked entry: hýd-gild
swá
Entry preview:
Homl. 247, 1. and add Sægde him mon ꝥ þǽr wǽre sum man earmlíce áswolten swá ꝥ hé hine sylfne áwyrde, Bl. H. 219, 12. Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán ; ac him forwyrnde sum óþer swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte, Hml. S. 31, 154: 32, 207.
scrift
what is prescribed as a punishment ⬩ a penalty ⬩ penance imposed after confession ⬩ confession which is followed by penance ⬩ shrift ⬩ one who passes sentence ⬩ inflicts punishment ⬩ a judge ⬩ one who hears confession ond imposes penance, a confessor
Entry preview:
Ǽgðer man sceal ge on godcundan scriftan ge on woruldcundan dóman dás þingc tósceádan these things (the various circumstances of persons) are to be discriminated in the penances of the church and in the sentences of the law, L. C.
þeóden
the chief of a þeód ⬩ a prince, ⬩ king; ⬩ a great man, ⬩ a lord, ⬩ chief ⬩ to Christ
Entry preview:
Sax. thiodan (used of God and Christ, as also of earthly rulers) Icel. þjóðann (poet.) a king, ruler; a great man
Linked entry: þeód-cyning
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
Entry preview:
Ic wæs þæs heardestan geþóhtes mann (a man of a mind impervious to good influences (?: the Latin is: homo obscurae opiniouis), þæt ic mé míne dagas tó nytte ne gedyde, Fórst.
Linked entries: heard-fyrde heard-lic heardlíce heardness hearh-eard
óþ
Entry preview:
Oþ mannes breóst heáh as high as a man's breast, Blickl. Homl. 127, 6: 245, 33. Hié ðæt gild gefyldan eal óþ grund, 221, 33. Ðæt hí óþ forwyrd fordiligade ne wǽron, Bd. l, 16; S. 484, 17.
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
Entry preview:
Hé ðæt wíte and ðæt éce wræc ásette on ðone aldor deófla and mancyn freólsode, Blickl. Homl. 83, 23 : Andr. Kmbl. 2759; An. 1382 : Exon. Th. 78, 10 ; Cri. 1272: 92, 28; Cri. 1515. Wræccum plagis. Lk. Skt. Rush.
hruse
The earth ⬩ ground
Entry preview:
Ne gelýfdon ðætte líffruma in monnes hiw from hrusan áhafen wurde did not believe that the author of life had been raised from the ground in the form of a man, Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 19; Cri. 658. Ne hreósaþ hí tó hrusan non est ruina maceriæ, Ps.
leód
A people ⬩ nation ⬩ race ⬩ country
Entry preview:
Úres hláfordes gerǽdnes is ðæt man cristene menn of earde ne sylle ne húru on hǽðene leóde our lord's ordinance is, that Christian men be not sold out of the land, certainly not into a heathen country [or leóde = men, preceding word], L.
liþ
A joint ⬩ lith ⬩ limb
Entry preview:
Ðætte sum man fram deáþes liþe wæs gehǽled ut sit quidam a mortis articulo revocatus, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 3. Ðæt hé dyppe his fingres liþ on wætere that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, Lk. Skt. 16, 24, On ðone liþ ðæra eaxla, L.
notian
to make use of ⬩ employ ⬩ enjoy ⬩ to discharge an office
Entry preview:
Grammar notian, case undetermined Man ða reáf nime, ðe hé ǽr notode, R. Ben. l01, 24. Nota ðenna neód sig use the medicine when need be, Lchdm. i. 378, 18. to discharge an office Búton hé forworhte, ðæt hé ðære hádnote notian ne móste, L.
ge-féran
To go ⬩ travel ⬩ go on ⬩ behave ⬩ fare ⬩ get on ⬩ come ⬩ get to a place ⬩ To perform a journey ⬩ reach or get by going ⬩ obtain ⬩ attain ⬩ experience ⬩ suffer
Entry preview:
Ne mæg ðǽr unwitfull ǽnig geféran no deceitful man can get there, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 19; Gen. 948. Ic eom hider feorran geféred I have come hither, from far, 25; Th. 32, 4; Gen. 498. v. trans.
ge-sceppan
To form, create ⬩ formare, disponere, creare
Entry preview:
Mon wæs to Godes anlícnesse ǽrest gesceapen man was to God's image first created, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 16; Gen. 1529. Gesceapene híg synt creata sunt, Ps. Lamb. 32, 9: Ps. Th. 148, 5.
Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan
un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
Entry preview:
Nis nán syn þeáh man his unwillum blódes byrige of his tóðum, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 27. Úre gást biþ swíþe wíde farende úrum unwillum ( independently of our will ), Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 4.